Barrel-lifter.



H. W. PATTEN.

BARREL LIFTER.

Patented Ma 16, 1911.

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Application filed February 18, 1910. Serial No. 544,708.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORACE W. PATTEN, citizen of the United States,residing at Limestone, in the county of Aroostook and State of Maine,have invented new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Lifters, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvement in lifting devices for barrels,and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich is extremely simple in construction, thoroughly effective inoperation and which may be readily adjusted to fit barrels of var'oussizes.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription progresses the invention resides in the novel constructionand combination of-parts hereinafterfully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing there has been illustrated a simple andpreferred embodiment of the invention and in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the device in full lines attachedto the chime of a barrel and in dotted lines the device about to beapplied to the chime of the barrel. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthedevice.

This device is primarily intended for use in warehouses or the like andis adapted to be attached to a crane or conveyer and consistsessentially in what may be a body portion and a securing'portion. Thebody portion comprises a U-shaped resilient member 3 having its endsflattened and curved inwardly toward each other as designated by thenumeral 4. The securing and gripping portion comprises a pair ofgripping arms 5, which are pivotally connected with the'flattenedportion of the body 1 as at 6. These gripping members 5 have their lowerextremities provided with oppositely disposed ofi'set teeth 7 and byreference to Fig. l of the drawing it will be noted that these teethproject toward a flat-tened portion of the body. The opposite ends ofthe gripping members 5 are provided with suitable eyes and each of theseeyes is adapted for the rotated upon the pivots reception of a suitablelink 8. Both of these links have their free ends also provided with eyesand the links are connected together through the medium of a suitablering member 9. This ring member 9 is adapted to be secured to theelevating and conveying device.

It is to be understood that the resilient body may be readily bent so asto ad'ust itself to the various sizes of barrels and w on the flattenedengaging faces 4 of the body are properly positioned upon the exteriorof the barrel an upward pull upon the ring 9 will force the links towardeach other, thus swinging the gripping members 5 upon their pivots 6 andcausing their offset teeth to engage the chimes of the barrel. When thepull upon the ring 9 has been released, it will be apparent that themember 3 will spread, causing the members 5 to be automatically 6 andthus disconnect the teeth 7 from the chimes of the barrel. It will befurther noted that the greater the weight of the barrel, the tighter thesaid engaging teeth 7 Will engage the said chime.

Fromthe above description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings it,

will be noted that I have provided a simple and effective device for thepurpose intended and it is to be understood that while I haveillustrated and described the preferredembodiment of the invention as itnow appears to me, minor details of construction within the scope of thefollowing claims may be resorted to if desired.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new is:

In a device for the purpose set forth, a body constructed of an archedresilient mem ber having its opposite ends curved inwardly andflattened, the said ends through the medium of the arched resilient bodybeing normally forced away from each other, a gripping arm pivotallyconnected with each of the flattened end portions of the arch, each ofthe said arms havingits lower extremity formed with teeth disposedtoward the inwardly curved extremities of the arched gripping arms awayfrom the flattened ends member, pivoted links connected with each of thesaid arch. 10 of the gripping arms, said links having their In testimonywhereof I afiix my signature free ends provided with an eye, a ringconin presence of two Witnesses.

nected with said eye, the said ring being po- HORACE W. PATTEN.

sitioned above the arched member so that Witnesses: when pressure uponthe ring is released, the MARK T. PHAIR, spring arch will automaticallyswing the WILLIAM R. Roix.

Copies of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G.

